double-quick time

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Grealish has gone from forgotten man to main man in double-quick time since joining Everton on a season-long loan.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

There doesn't seem to be many thrills so this might be done in double-quick time.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2024

If you want to feel well read in double-quick time, try Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering, which is set in a New York city tenement in the early days of the pandemic.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2023

He then made up for the miss in double-quick time, with goals in the third and 10th minutes.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2021

“Do you know?” he enquired of Mary Poppins, who was whisking the crumbs off the table in double-quick time.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers